HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2093 RESOLUTION NO. 2093
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
THE LOCATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE (DFAS)
CENTER AT NORTON A.F.B.
WHEREAS, Norton Air Force Base is slated for closure by the Department of Defense
in accordance with the Base Realignment and Closure Act, and is therefore being proposed for
various reuse activities under the jurisdiction of the Inland Valley Development Agency; and,
WHEREAS, Norton AFB has for several decades been a major employer and economic
benefit for the region's economy and has housed a variety of sizeable Air Force support units,
including audit, Inspector General, safety, and audio-visual functions; and,
WHEREAS, because of the many similar public and private operations in the general
locale, the San Bernardino region has an abundance of skilled workers who can respond
immediately to the human resource needs of such an Accounting Center; and,
WHEREAS, the region boasts a significant number of two and four year colleges and
Universities, including the California State University, San Bernardino, with a highly acclaimed
undergraduate and graduate accounting program, which produce a great number of well-qualified
and highly skilled graduates annually and provide an abundance of highly trained and educated
accounting personnel at all levels; and,
WHEREAS, the area has experienced, and is continuing to experience, dramatic and
debilitating job losses in a great number of occupational sectors, as a consequence of Department
of Defense reductions and the general economic distress; and,
WHEREAS, the region has been devastated by other recent and planned job site closures,
including George AFB, Santa Fe Railroad, Kaiser Steel, Lockheed Aircraft, General Dynamics,
and TRW; and,
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino region offers an abundance of affordable housing choices
and many other welcome attributes to new employees;and,
WHEREAS, the siting of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Center (DFAS)
at Norton AFB enjoys enthusiastic and popular support throughout the region, because it will be
a major employer and economic asset throughout the region; and,
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto will find itself and its citizens similarity benefitted
by the location of such an Accounting Center.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Jacinto,
California does hereby resolve and approve the foregoing.
SECTION 1. The City Council joins in supporting and endorsing the proposal by the Inland
Valley Development Agency and urges the Department of Defense to approve location of a
Defense Accounting Center at the site located at Norton Air Force Base.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of January 1993.
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ATTEST:
Maurice Armster, City Clerk
Deputy City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)
CITY OF SAN JACINTO)
I, Maurice Armster, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the forgoing Resolution No. 2093 was duly adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of San Jacinto, California, held on the 19th day of
January , 1991 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council-members Ford, Leahy, Solorio, Williams, Mayor Hafliger
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Maurice Armster, City Clerk
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I, Maurice Armster, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. is a full, true and correct copy of that now on
file in this office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of San Jacinto this day of
Maurice Armster, City Clerk
Deputy City Clerk